Thursday, September 14th

Focus

· Combining Sentences

· Irony

· The Middle Ages and the Canterbury Tales: The Canterbury Tales (The Prologue and The Pardoner's Tale)

Class work

· DOL: Essay Revisions

· Take notes over the introduction to The Canterbury Tales and Chaucer's Life.

· Discuss the Prologue and talk about character traits.

*Begin reading The Pardoner's Tale

To be turned in Today

· Feudalism and Character Charts.

Homework

· Complete the vocabulary worksheets for the Prologue, Pardoner’s and Wife of Bath’s tales

*Read the Pardoner's Tale

· Practice for your extra credit project

On-Going Projects

· The Middle Ages

· Canterbury Tales projects

Portfolio Additions

· Heroism Quick-write

· Beowulf study questions

· Beowulf test (You should spend additional time on the content of this essay.)

Extra Credits

Musical Ballads (Monday 9/18)